Corn-planter and plow combined



s. M. SWARTZ.

Corn" Planter.

' PaentedlSept. 11,18%

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. SVVARTZ, OF MILLHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORN-PLANTER AND PLOW COMBINED.

Spccificatioh forming part of Lettcrs Patent No. 57,994, dated Septembcr 11, 1866.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. SWARTZ, of Millheim, in the county of Centre and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImpro vements in Corn-Planters and Plows; and I do hereby declare the f0llowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a top plan of the machine. Fig. 2 represents a sectional side view of a portion ofthe machine. Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation. Fig. 4 represents a section through one of the seed-boxes; and Fig. 5 represents one of the plows.

Similar letters of reference where they occnr in the several figures denote like parts of the machine in all cases.

My invention relates to a machine for planting corn, and which may afterward be used as a plow for plowing the corn after it is ready to be worked.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed t0 describe the same With reference to the drawin gs.

A -represents a rectangular frame placed upon an axle, B, which is in turn supported in two carryin g and driving wheels, G C, that have a ratohet-and-pawl connection, a I), with said axle, so that they shall tnrn together as the machine is drawn forward, but be inde pendent of each other when the machine is backed or tnrned aronnd. Dis the drivers or operators scat, and E the platform for the support of his feet.

At about the center of the axle B there is a bevel-wheel, F, that turns with the axle, and this bevel-wheel, when the machine is planting, gears with a bevel-pinion, Gr, on a crankshaft, H, that carries on its extreme rear end a crank-wheel, I, to a wrist-pin on which the pitmen c 0 are connected, the other ends of said pitmen being attached to the seed-slides d d, arranged in the bottoms of the seed-boxes J J at or near each side of the frame.

The plows K K for opening np the furrows for the corn to be planted are hun g to the ends of beams L, that are hinged to the front portion of the frame, and entend rearward t0 a point under,or nearly under, the seed boxes orhoppers. To the axle B are pivoted two lever-anus, M M, connected at their front ends by a cross-bar, N, and their rear ends are attached to the plowbeams L by links 6, so that by means of these levers M M the plows may be raised and lowered at pleasure, and held np when the machine is not planting or plowing.

At the front of the main frame there is a spring clasp or catch, f, which Will hold the cross-bar N and the levers M M clown at their front, and conseqnently the plows up at their rear. This clasp fis connected by a rod, g, (dotted lines in Fig. 1,) to a shipper, h, of a Z form, the waisti of which shipper works between two studs or pins, 2 2, in a bearingpiece, 0, in which the forward end of the shaft H rests and is snpported; and connected With this rod g there is a coiled spring, j, (or any other well-known spring that Will answer the purpose,) for moving the shipper, as Will be explained.

Vhen the machine is to be thrown out of working condition the cross-bar or rang N is brought clown to the frame, which mises the plows np above the ground. The spring-clasp f is now drawn forward, which also draws fou ward the shipper h, and the obliqnity of the waist i (the shipper itself moving in a right lino) moves, by means of the pins or studs 2 2, the bearing-piece 0, and the bevel-gear G, and throws it out of mesh With the gear F. When the spring-clasp is let go its hasp takes over the rang N and holds it firmly. In drawing forward the claspfthe spring j is compressed. When the machine is to be put in working condition the clasp is moved forward, and the rang is raised, and the plows drop to the ground, and when the clasp is let go the recoil or reaction of the springj moves the shipper and pnts the pinion Gr in gear with the wheel F, and all is ready for planting.

I place ribs n n, &c., on top of the seed slides d, and make the openings o, throngh which the grains drop, between said ribs, and of such size as to admit the grains t0 drop throngh edgewise only. on m are spring-fingers proj ectin g in to the seed-hoppers, and their ends working between the ribs n .92 for stirring and tnrning the grains and compelling thcm t0 stand edgewise between the ribs.

By changing the seed-holes 0, or the wristpin, or crank-wheel, or pit-men, I can drop as close together or as far apart as may be desired, and as many grains at; a time as the user may prefer.

VVhen planting corn the p1ow for opening the furrow is like that at K; and when the growing eorn is to be plowed I put on extra wings 4, as at K, and an extra brace, as at 8.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement of the levers M and their rang N With the plows, and With the clasp f and shipper h, so that when the plows are SAMUEL M. SVVARTZ.

Witnesses 4 A. B. STOUGHTON, EDW. F. BROWN. 

